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陳明邦感恩畫展 Mr. Chen Ming-Bang Thanksgiving Art Exhibition

Catherine Lee

The Grand Opening Ceremony of Mr. Chen Ming-Bang (陳明邦)’s Thanksgiving Art Exhibition! Mr. Chen Ming-Bang and his lovely wife are members of Advent Church, they have a home just up the coast from here, and whenever they’re here, they take part in all our services and activities.  Mr. Chen has had a very distinguished career in the civil service, including as Founding Director of the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office.  In his retirement, Mr. Chen has not sat idly by, but rather has put his artistic talents to great use and has produced over 60 paintings, which yesterday were put on … Continue reading 陳明邦感恩畫展 Mr. Chen Ming-Bang Thanksgiving Art Exhibition

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From Taiwan to the world: Advent Church Overseas Mission Trip ~ smiles all round!

Catherine Lee

Yes, it’s all been happening this summer – months of prayer, preparation and packing ~ and finally they were ready for the off ~ YES! Earlier in the summer, a team of 16 young people (all young at heart, and mostly young in age too!) from St. John’s University Chaplaincy and Advent Church, led by SJU Chaplain and Advent Church Rector, Rev. Lennon Chang, spent 10 days on an overseas mission trip ~ and yesterday a very happy 14 of them gathered at Advent Church to share with the church about their experiences…. Each one had 3 minutes to speak, … Continue reading From Taiwan to the world: Advent Church Overseas Mission Trip ~ smiles all round!

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Congratulations Pei-Wen and Jun-Yien 王俊諺與曾珮雯婚姻聖禮!

Catherine Lee

Wedding Day at Advent Church for one of our former students, Pei-Wen and her new husband, Jun-Yien! Pei-Wen was baptized here at Advent Church while she was a student at St. John’s University and was active in the student fellowship.  As she lives locally, she’s continued to come along, and has brought Jun-Yien too.  Today lots of her old friends and classmates came back to celebrate and to help out, including singing a song for the new couple ~ so wonderful to see them, all looking very smart and very cool! Congratulations Pei-Wen and Jun-Yien, and may God bless you today … Continue reading Congratulations Pei-Wen and Jun-Yien 王俊諺與曾珮雯婚姻聖禮!

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Advent Church Summer Camp 2015 兒童喜樂營!

Catherine Lee

An amazing non-stop 2 days of fun, friendship, fellowship – and all on the theme of faithfulness….. 今年的主題:「天降信實-Faithfulness」，一個信實的生命是能誠實面對自己，喜愛並接納我原本的樣子，誠實做自己，並與自己、與他人、與自然萬物、與上帝建立信實的關係，成長歷程才不會隨著各種誘惑而迷失方向. Every year for about the last 20 years, Advent Church has held a holiday club / summer camp for local children in the community, run by students from the St. John’s University Chaplaincy Student Fellowship, helped by some of the church youth.  Always held on the first 2 days of the summer holidays – this year July 1 and 2. Non-residential but lasting all day, 9:00 am -4:00 pm with lunch included. This year we had about 30 student leaders and about … Continue reading Advent Church Summer Camp 2015 兒童喜樂營!

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Advent Church celebrates Mother’s Day!

Catherine Lee

Yes we had a wonderful Mother’s Day yesterday, with a special song from our Advent Church choir ~ and then more special songs and dances from one of our groups who are mostly not church members but meet for singing and dancing on a Sunday afternoon, a kind of outreach ministry of Advent Church.  They perform for us several times a year, always beautifully attired, this time Hawaiian style! Carnations are THE flower for Mother’s Day, so the Sunday School children were kept very busy distributing them all…. And finally all the mothers in the church gathered for a big … Continue reading Advent Church celebrates Mother’s Day!

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新北市淡水區興仁國民小學 Xingren Elementary School Sports Day!

Catherine Lee

A big celebration weekend ~ it’s Mother’s Day tomorrow and lots of local schools were holding their annual Sports Day today ~ so off we went to our local elementary school, Xingren, to help them celebrate not only Sports Day, but their 99th birthday.  So next year will be a great centenary year ~ 100 coming up! Alumni of all ages were there too, from the just-graduated up to the oldest – in his 90’s! Lots of VIPs, the Mayor of Tamsui, local councilors, community leaders and heads of other elementary schools all put in an appearance.  Oh yes, and … Continue reading 新北市淡水區興仁國民小學 Xingren Elementary School Sports Day!

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Advent Church Community Concert 社區音樂會 2014….

Catherine Lee

And packed out the church was!  Kids and parents, church members, local people, university staff and students, visitors, and members of the nearby Bunun Indigenous Church ~ all here at Advent Church last night for our annual community concert, always held around the time of the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival… Dancing, singing, performances on trumpet, violin, piano, guitar and xylophone ~ a great atmosphere, and many new friends made ~ all part of our community outreach programme… Only one big splash during the concert when a lady in the dancing group so busy taking photos didn’t see the baptismal pool ankle-deep … Continue reading Advent Church Community Concert 社區音樂會 2014….

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Congratulations Mo-Huan!

Catherine Lee

A celebratory meal last dinner hosted by Mo-Huan’s lovely mother, one of our Advent Church members, to congratulate her son on getting into Police College, and to thank those of us who have helped him along the way with his English and Maths for the entrance exam – which 2nd time round he passed with flying colours YES! Mo-Huan starts college in a few weeks time, one of 1,700 new recruits (includes 200 women) in the Police College in Taipei…. many congratulations to him! He’s also been coming along with his mother to church in the last year ~ and … Continue reading Congratulations Mo-Huan!